MAPEH 9

1.      The lowest female voices type that portrays maids, mothers, and grandmothers, and some witches.

• a. Alto                 

• b. Bass  

• c. Mezzo Soprano        

• d. Soprano

2. An air or solo singing part sung by a principal character. This song is what the public remember best when leaving the opera house.

• a. Score

• b. Libretto

• c. Aria

• d. Recitative

3. Declamatory singing used in the prose part of the dialogue of opera.

• a. Score

• b. Libretto

• c. Aria

• d. Recitative

4. 4.In music, a score is____________________________.

• a. the printed version of the piece being performed.

• b. how many points each team gets.

• c. the words to a piece.

• d. the number of players in an orchestra.

4. 5. The text of an opera is called the ___________________.              

• a. Score

• b. Libretto

• c. Aria   

• d. Recitative

4. 6. He is considered the last of the Classical composers and one of the first romantic ones.

• a. Schubert

• b. Verdi

• c. Puccini

• d. Bizet

4. 7. Almost all his works are serious love stories with an unhappy ending

• a. Schubert

• b. Verdi

• c. Puccini

• d. Bizet

4. 8. His famous operas were: “La Boheme”, “Tosca”, “Madame Butterfly”, and “Turandot”.

• a. Schubert

• b. Verdi

• c. Puccini

• d. Bizet

4. 9. He was criticized horribly from his first opera

• a. Schubert

• b. Verdi

• c. Puccini

• d. Bizet

4. 10. His much-acclaimed works were La Traviata and Rigoletto

• a. Schubert

• b. Verdi

• c. Puccini

• d. Bizet